On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 11:15:44PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> NOVELL as a shareholder value driven company claims openSUSE to be the base
> of all future products it will sell.
> So there is a need for Novell to find a way to prove that they are really
> interested in the belongings of openSUSE participants (not only those they
> still pay directly). And they have to find a way / establish a procedere to
> do this. Otherwise it will be very hard to find participants aside those who
> are directly payed by Novell. It may happen that for the long run there will
> be not enough people willing to work for free to enable Novell to maximize
> their shareholders profit.
I would say that Novell paying for SUSE staff, servers and the whole
openSUSE project is a huge way to claim that they support it AND a extreme
good way to do it.
They have already put their money where their mouth is. The shareholders
have said to Novell to go ahead and invest even MORE in Linux.
And about this thing people not wiling to work for free: have you ever
heard of Debian?
Perhaps you think in a way that says: Novell is a company, I should get
money. I see it differently. I see it as openSUSE where I have the
oportunity to give back to thousands of people. For me that is more
rewarding then getting the money.
That said, if Novell gives me money, I would not say no. :-)
houghi
--
"And what will you do when you grow up to be as big as me?"
asked the father of his little son.
"Diet."
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